The Sanskrit term Vārkṣa can be transliterated into English as Varksa or Varksha, using the IAST transliteration scheme (?).

In Hinduism

Purana and Itihasa (epic history)

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: The Purana Index

Vārkṣa (वार्क्ष).—One of the six kinds of forts.^*

• * Matsya-purāṇa 217. 7.

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The Purana (पुराण, purāṇas) refers to Sanskrit literature preserving ancient India’s vast cultural history, including historical legends, religious ceremonies, various arts and sciences. The eighteen mahapuranas total over 400,000 shlokas (metrical couplets) and date to at least several centuries BCE.

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Sanskrit dictionary

Source: DDSA: The practical Sanskrit-English dictionary

Vārkṣa (वार्क्ष).—a. (-rkṣī f.) [वृक्ष्-अण् (vṛkṣ-aṇ)]

1) Consisting of trees.

2) Made of or belonging to a tree; वार्क्षाश्च यूपा यावन्त अश्वमेधे महामखे (vārkṣāśca yūpā yāvanta aśvamedhe mahāmakhe) Mahābhārata (Bombay) 7.65.9; Manusmṛti 7.7.

3) Made of bark.

-rkṣam A forest.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Shabda-Sagara Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Vārkṣa (वार्क्ष).—mfn.

(-rkṣaḥ-rkṣī-rkṣaṃ) Made of or derived from a tree. n.

(-rkṣaṃ) A forest. f. (-rkṣī) The name of a female mentioned in the Mahabharat, a sort of Dryad. E. vṛkṣ a tree, aṇ aff.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Benfey Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Vārkṣa (वार्क्ष).—i. e. vṛkṣa + a, I. adj. 1. Made of trees. 2. Consisting of trees, [Mānavadharmaśāstra] 7, 70. Ii. m. A forest. Iii. f. kṣī, A sort of Dryad.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Cappeller Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Vārkṣa (वार्क्ष).—[feminine] ī relating to trees, wooden.

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Monier-Williams Sanskrit-English Dictionary

1) Vārkṣa (वार्क्ष):—mf(ī)n. ([from] vṛkṣa) relating or belonging to trees, consisting or made of trees, coming from or growing on trees, arboreous, [Manu-smṛti; Mahābhārata] etc.

2) made of wood, wooden, [Kātyāyana-śrauta-sūtra; Gobhila-śrāddha-kalpa; Mahābhārata]

3) made of bark, [Monier-Williams’ Sanskrit-English Dictionary]

4) n. a forest, [cf. Lexicographers, esp. such as amarasiṃha, halāyudha, hemacandra, etc.]

Source: Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries: Yates Sanskrit-English Dictionary

Vārkṣa (वार्क्ष):—[(rkṣaḥ-rkṣī-rkṣaṃ)] 1. n. A forest. f. Name of a dryad. a. Of a tree.

[Sanskrit to German]

Varksha in German

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Sanskrit, also spelled संस्कृतम् (saṃskṛtam), is an ancient language of India commonly seen as the grandmother of the Indo-European language family (even English!). Closely allied with Prakrit and Pali, Sanskrit is more exhaustive in both grammar and terms and has the most extensive collection of literature in the world, greatly surpassing its sister-languages Greek and Latin.

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Starts with: Varkshadurga, Varkshayana.

Ends with: Dandavarksha.

Full-text: Varkshya, Varkshayana, Varkshyayani, Vatara, Varkshi, Water.

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Khadira-grihya-sutra (by Hermann Oldenberg)

Adhyāya II, Khaṇḍa 4

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Vastu-shastra (2): Town Planning (by D. N. Shukla)

Forts (Durga) in ancient Indian town-planning < [Chapter 2 - Villages, Towns and Forts in General]

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The Matsya Purana (critical study) (by Kushal Kalita)

Part 2 - Fort (durga) architecture in the Matsyapurāṇa < [Chapter 7 - Art and Architecture in the Matsyapurāṇa]

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